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art & soul brave songwriting fueled by banjos, accordions, violins, xylophones, and even that instrument we all remember from second grade, the recorder. Fea- turing guitarist Marc Ribot on the epic title track and the mellow, Parisian "Le Tango De La Femme Abandonee," Vidal has been racking up awards in Europe for this stunning debut. I have no doubt American audiences will follow suit. (Crammed) MeKlit & Quinn Meklit hadero & Quinn Deveaux addition to an album filled with catchy acoustic tracks. For her collabora- tion with Bay Area blues/soul singer/guitarist Quinn DeVeaux, the pair has turned to cover songs to express their shared love of a wide range of artists: Stevie Wonder 's "I Was Made To Love Her," Arcade Fire's "Neighborhood #1," Lou Reed's "Satellite of Love" and an a capella rendering of Sam Cooke's "Bring It On Home to Me" are but a few San Francisco-based vocalist Me- klit Hadero first caught my at- tention with her gorgeous 2010 debut, On A Day Like This… Of Ethiopian descent, her cover of "Abbay Mado" was a brilliant getting treatment. Yet my favorite track is their only songwriting collabo- ration, the joyful and funky "Sent By You," the effervescent female and dusky male vocals merging beautifully. Even Neil Young would be proud of their bluesy take on his "Music Arcade." (Porto Franco) —Derek Beres FilM eSCaPe Fire: the Fight to rescue american healthcare Directed by Matthew As the film says, we do not have healthcare; we have a disease management system. Escape Fi dissects the existing system and comes up with a diagnosis that is at once very simple and extremely complicated. Traditional medical training is based on treat- ing patients who are already sick—not in keeping them healthy. What's needed is to rethink the system, focusing more on prevention. The problem? Health- re: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare cleanly and clearly heineman & Susan Froemke Anyone who's had to shell out out-of-pocket money for health care services—and that's most of us— knows firsthand that the American system just isn't working. Try these statistics on for size: Americans spent $2.7 trillion on healthcare in 2011, with 75 percent of costs going to treatment of chronic diseases. —DB October/November 2012 33